Is it legal to park in the turning point of cul del sac & on pavement?

mylittlepony

Three vehicles parked in the turning point of a cul de sac.
Two are the same owner who lived in house across street with own private driveway and
front curb side parking space along its front wall.
Always parked one vehicle on the pavement up to the fencing next to the gate to side access of the flats.

Informed our letting agent. they put a notice to remove vehicle on the pavement but i found this note on ground beside front door yesterday told agent, advised to put it on vehicle myself, will do on monday.
My flatmate spotted last night that the third vehicle (no tax, nct insurance) have a plain note written by somebody else asking them to remove vehicle from private property or council will be contacted.
This vehicle had also parked into the apartments residents' parking space.
But cos we dont know who owns it we couldnt say if they from the flats or from the house down the road.

My flatmate thinks we should contact guards regarding all vehicles.
Should we or let the letting agent sort it?
Should we also contact the council too?

What is our legal rights if any regarding the cul del sac and pavement parking and our privacy & peace of mind.

Thanks in advance.
Advice welcome and others experiences.

nuac

Doubt if those people are entitled to park as you describe

If there is a management co for the flats you should ask them

If Council have taken over the estate, enquire about yellow no parking markings on ground

Bepolite

I knew I forgot to add to Ken's list. Accommodation and property forum

Legally there isn't much you can do I'd complain to the landlord/letting agent and then it's up-to them to get onto the management company. As for the guy with no Tax ect. get it reported to the guards.

Wheelnut

It depends whether the road has been taken in charge by the council (a public road) or whether it is a private road in the ownership of the estate company.

If it is a public road the council may be able to do something. Most councils have traffic wardens who could (at the very least) issue on on-the-spot fine for the tax. The bad parking could be more difficult because it might need to be shown that it is causing an obstruction, but you can take it that parking on the public footpath is never legal. The Gardai might also take an interest if you complain.

If the road is private and owned by an estate company it is a matter for them. You should complain to them in the first instance.

odds_on

Wheelnut wrote: »

It depends whether the road has been taken in charge by the council (a public road) or whether it is a private road in the ownership of the estate company.

If it is a public road the council may be able to do something. Most councils have traffic wardens who could (at the very least) issue on on-the-spot fine for the tax. The bad parking could be more difficult because it might need to be shown that it is causing an obstruction, but you can take it that parking on the public footpath is never legal. The Gardai might also take an interest if you complain.

If the road is private and owned by an estate company it is a matter for them. You should complain to them in the first instance.

There was a thread, some time ago, about a "private" car park (for a block of apartments, I think, that didn't have gates and as far as my memory serves me it was considered that because there was no restricted access to the car park, it was considered the public could use it, to my surprise. It would seem to me that a road, even on a private estate, would be equally regarded as a public road.